Shelley Sang-Hee Lee is an Assistant Professor of Comparative American Studies and History at Oberlin College.

"Claiming the Oriental Gateway is an important contribution to the understanding of diversity of Japanese American experiences and a valuable contribution to the field of Asian American Studies, U.S. urban history, and U.S. western history." -Karen Leong, author of The China Mystique: Pearl S. Buck, Anna May Wong, Mayling Soong Chiang, and the Transformation of American Orientalism.

• Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Multiethnic Seattle 2. Making Seattle “Cosmopolitan” 3. Making Local Images for International Eyes: Race, Nationality, and the Seattle Camera Club, 1924-1929 4. “Problems of the Pacific” in “the Great Crucible of America”: Public Schools in the 1920s and the 1930s 5. “That Splendid Medium of Free Play”: Japanese American Sports during the Interwar Years 6. The Eve of War Epilogue Notes Selected Bibliography Index